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Syria – Aid Convoys Take Off for 3 Besieged Syrian Towns with Dire Starvation & Survival Needs – Women & Children

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/01/aid-trucks-head-besieged-syrian-towns-160111101442040.html SYRIA – AID CONVOYS WITH FOOD & HUMANITARIAN SUPPLIES, TAKE OFF FOR 3 BESIEGED SYRIAN TOWNS WITH DIRE STARVATION & SURVIVAL NEEDS Syria - Starving residents of Madaya, Foua and Kefraya - towns encircled by government or rebel groups wait . Learn More

Women in National Parliaments

Inter-Parliamentary Union – IPU – English - https://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm French Translation - https://www.ipu.org/wmn-f/classif.htm Women in National Parliaments Situation as of 1st November 2015 The data in the table below has been compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the basis of information . Learn More

Organization of Islamic Cooperation – OIC Appoints Four Women to Top Posts

https://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/862511 Organization of Islamic Cooperation – OIC Appoints Four Women to Top Posts January 9, 2016 – Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has appointed four Arab women to top positions in the 47-year-old organization. The OIC is the world’s second-largest . Learn More

Canada – Women’s Work: What’s It Worth to You?

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – CCPA https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/monitor/women%E2%80%99s-work-what%E2%80%99s-it-worth-you CANADA – WOMEN’S WORK: WHAT’S IT WORTH TO YOU? By Kate McInturff* CCPI -January 1, 2016 Women have always worked. What has changed over the past 40 years is that more and more women are . Learn More

USA – Over Age 50, Female & Jobless, Even as Others Return to Work

Economic Research: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Missouri US – 2015 https://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/economic-synopses/2015/11/06/age-and-gender-differences-in-long-term-unemployment-before-and-after-the-great-recession/ Age and Gender Differences in Long-Term Unemployment: Before and After the Great Recession Long-term . Learn More

Congo – From Congo to the UN: “Hear the Cries of Women & Girls”

https://passblue.com/2015/12/31/from-the-congo-to-the-un-hear-the-cries-of-women-and-girls/ CONGO – TO THE UN: “HEAR THE CRIES OF WOMEN & GIRLS There are many UN Resolutions, Peacekeeper Missions, Rampant Poverty of Women – Lack of Gender Justice – Who Is Listening? Why Does the UN Not Lead for Serious Change in Congo? Grassroots . Learn More

Women Whistle Blowers – Rights Defenders – Activists, Women in Media – Risks, Dangers – Film – Resources

WOMEN WHISTLE BLOWERS, WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, WOMEN ACTIVISTS, WOMEN IN MEDIA – RISKS, DANGERS – FILM - RESOURCES In today’s world, risks to women “whistleblowers,” are critical, even fatal. Whether reporting truths and testimony on politics, military, UN forces, corporations, trafficking, legal infractions, corruption of all kinds…..women . Learn More

Gaza-Palestine – Women Journalists Few, Facing Challenges, but Gaining Visibility & Promoting Women’s Issues

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/01/palestinian-women-media-gaza.html?utm_source=Al-Monitor+Newsletter+%5BEnglish%5D&utm_campaign=1f64d3d0a7-WR_January_09_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_28264b27a0-1f64d3d0a7-102522609 Gaza – Women Journalists Few, Facing Challenges, but Gaining Visibility & Promoting Women’s . Learn More

Combating Intolerance, Negative Stereotyping, Stigmatization, Discrimination, Violence against Persons, Based on Religion or Belief – UN General Assembly 2015 Resolution – Gender

UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2015 RESOLUTION – COMBATING INTOLERANCE, NEGATIVE STEREOTYPING, STIGMATIZATION, DISCRIMINATION, VIOLENCE AGAINST PERSONS, BASED ON RELIGION OR BELIEF - GENDER Direct Link to Full UN General Assembly 2015 6-Page Resolution: https://www.wunrn.org/pdf/note.pdf - Type size larger for easier reading. . Learn More

Climate Change in an Ageing World – Older Women

Direct Link to Full 12-Page 2015 HelpAge Publication: Climate change in an ageing world “Typhoon Haiyan was the most powerful we have ever experienced in my community. We couldn’t evacuate as we had no footbridge to cross the river which had broken its banks. Our houses were destroyed.” Pelagia, 86, Philippines . Learn More

Trafficking In Persons Report 2016 – Request for Information & Photos (01/19/2016)

The deadline for submission is 5 p.m. US on January 19, 2016. Details: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/12/31/2015-32950/request-for-information-for-the-2016-trafficking-in-persons-report See Submission information which follows Press Release. Dear Fiends & Partners in the Fight against Modern Slavery, As we begin . Learn More

Saudi Arabia – 96% of Runaway Girls Are Saudis – Survey

https://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/860436 SAUDI ARABIA – 96% OF RUNAWAY GIRLS ARE SAUDIS - SURVEY ARAB NEWs 5 January 2015 - MAKKAH: A recent survey conducted in the Makkah region found that 96.3 percent of girls who ran away from their families are Saudis, while 3.7 percent are non-Saudi. The study showed 51.9 percent are female . Learn More

Canada — Life Stories of Missing & Murdered Aboriginal Women & Girls – Gone But Not Forgotten + Canada Government Inquiry

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/missing-and-murdered-women-lake-superior-ships-1.3392781 Canada - Indigenous Affairs Minister Consults with Families of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women January 7, 2016 - Canada Federal Cabinet Ministers say they learned more about the specific safety concerns of indigenous women in northern Ontario . Learn More

South Sudan – All-Women Peacekeeping Force

https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/meet-the-all-women-peacekeeping-force-of-south-sudan South Sudan – All-Women Peacekeeping Force All photos courtesy of Nonviolent Peaceforce By Lucy Draper – December 23, 2015 An ongoing civil war has claimed thousands of lives in Africa's youngest state, but the Women Peacekeeping Teams are paving . Learn More

Eight Ways 2015 Was a Momentous Year for Girls

Girl Effect: https://www.girleffect.org/what-girls-need/articles/2015/12/8-ways-2015-was-a-momentous-year-for-girls/ EIGHT WAYS 2015 WAS A MOMENTOUS YEAR FOR GIRLS 12-16-2015 - What a year it’s been. From the Sustainable Development Goals and global support for girls’ education to commitments to end harmful practices that hold girls back, 2015 . Learn More

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